Neglected the virus spred when it first arrived, silenced doctors, journalists and so who dared to speak about it because they were "disturbing public order" accoring to the Chinese regime. Now because of this the whole world is dealing with it.
So like I said... nothing the US hasn't done.
Yes, scientific findings need to be reproducible. That's part of science. No comment on rest.
Yep. Definitely part of science ... and integral at that.
I am not a fan of censorship, but I honestly think most of the lay public really shouldn't know what goes on inside the science sausage factory. It's a pandora's box. I am saying this having witnessed how many people now completely distrust science as a result of idiot newspapers and major media that cite one health study after another that alternate between telling us that coffee will kill us like an insecticide and then telling us coffee will make us live to 200.
If you don't understand how all studies are not alike, if you don't understand that because it's a published study it doesn't mean the conclusions are true, etc., you end up with a public that thinks scientists are either clueless or just playing dirty pool with the public over a hidden agenda. And then we end up with anti-science clowns in office like Trump and Bolsonaro. This is a net negative in my book, and I think responsible science reporting is essential. And that responsibility means not jumping on and spreading the first rumors of a promising research result. It just primes the public for all the wrong expectations.
The ethics of it want me to advocate transparency. But the end results have been miserable, counterproductive, and make me say close Pandora's box.